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Europe seeking feta and scotch beef protection as Australia pushes back on prosecco claims
13-Aug-2019 ABC
Europe’s bid to stop Australian cheesemakers using the name feta has advanced but its claim on the sparkling wine prosecco is facing growing opposition amid ongoing trade talks.
In Argentina’s wine country, vintners worry about recession - and trade deal
12-Aug-2019 Reuters
Argentine wineries are trying to figure out whether a trade deal with Europe will prove a boom or a bust to their vineyards, in face of highly-subsidized EU vineyards.
Trump announces agreement on beef trade with EU
5-Aug-2019 The Irish Times
The EU has agreed to increase the quota allocated to US beef exporters to 35,000 tonnes a year. The total quota of non-hormone-beef permitted to enter the EU market will remain unchanged at 45,000 tonnes.
Farmers dump manure outside French lawmakers’ offices in CETA protest
5-Aug-2019 RFI
Tonnes of manure were dropped and concrete blocks were built outside the offices of two lawmakers from Emmanuel Macron’s LaREM party.
Keep agriculture and dairy out of RCEP negotiations, farmers’ body tells government
1-Aug-2019 Indian Coordination Committee of Farmers’ Movements
The RCEP will destroy farm livelihoods especially in the domestic dairy sector.
EU-New Zealand FTA: Trade in wine, aromatised wine products and spirit drinks (EU proposal, May 2019)
30-Jul-2019 European Commission
This hard-Brexit cabinet could spell disaster for British farmers
29-Jul-2019 The Guardian
Theresa Villiers’ arrival at Defra is a sign the UK is on course to open its borders to the worst horrors of industrial farming
RCEP negotiations: Tea sector seeks protection from tariff cuts
26-Jul-2019 BusinessLine
As industry grapples with surplus production, reduction of import duties will create havoc.
RCEP talks: Threat of imports worries dairy players
24-Jul-2019 BusinessLine
Co-ops, private dairies oppose freely opening Indian markets to global dairy producers.
US-EU trade negotiations in stalemate, Malmström says
24-Jul-2019 Euractiv
The US is not ready to negotiate unless agriculture products are included in the agreement. But agriculture “is a red line for us,” EU’s trade chief said.
Farm and food groups to Congress: Reject the USMCA
16-Jul-2019 IATP
We urge you to reject the USMCA and instead insist on new trade rules that would serve the interests of family farmers, ranchers, indigenous communities, farm and food chain workers, consumers and our environment in all three nations.
RCEP trade deal will intensify land grabbing in Asia
12-Jul-2019 GRAIN
The RCEP mega-trade agreement if adopted will change how governments decide on rights to land and who has access to it. Therefore, it has the potential to increase land grabbing across Asia – already a huge problem in this region.
Egypt, US to promote greater reciprocal market access for agricultural, industrial goods
8-Jul-2019 MENAFN
Egypt and the United States are seeking ways to promote a greater reciprocal market access for agricultural and industrial goods following the latest talks of the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement .
House Democrats call for revival of meat labeling law
5-Jul-2019 Press Herald
A meat labeling law repealed three years ago may be making a comeback as some lawmakers call for it to be added to the proposed trade pact designed to replace the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.
Food, Agriculture, Sovereignty: A book that dismantles the myths of Tunisian agriculture
2-Jul-2019
The peasants have told the activist researchers stories of their daily struggles, but it is their attempt at organization that sparks the greatest interest.
India protects drug, agriculture business at RCEP
2-Jul-2019 The Times of India
Three harmful provisions concerning pharmaceuticals and agriculture which were part of the RCEP have been withdrawn.
CETA and Mercosur meat quotas expose France’s double standards
28-Jun-2019 Euractiv
While France is challenging the meat quotas provided for in the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, it plans to ratify the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA), which has been criticised by French beef producers.
New NAFTA limits labeling for food and workplace chemicals
26-Jun-2019 IATP
A major focus throughout the agreement is an obvious effort to limit information provided to consumers and workers about food ingredients and nutrition, as well as the chemicals used in agriculture, consumer products and workplaces.
Beef farmers protest over Mercosur negotiations
24-Jun-2019 RTE News
A number of beef farmers held a protest outside the EU Commission offices in Dublin, against negotiations which they claim make a mockery of an EU climate strategy.
IFA to protest on ‘sell-out trade deal’ with Mercosur
24-Jun-2019 Agriland
A protest will be held by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) at the European Commission offices in Dublin over the “double standards of the commission” in their reckless pursuit of a sell-out trade deal” with the Mercosur trade bloc.